Thursday, February 11, 2016

2016 Project: Beaded bead #3

Bead #3 is a tribute to the Carolina Panthers! It was a great season and we made it all the way to the SuperBowl! The bead is blue, black and gold for Superbowl 50.

Here it is next to a quarter for some size reference:

The bead is made using one unit of cubic right angle weave (CRAW). It is made with 6mm glass beads and embellished with size 11 seed beads and 3mm rounds. I took a few pictures as I made it to give a general idea of how it is made.
I don't know if there is a tutorial online on how to make this kind of bead, but it is pretty simple. I didn't show the exact path I used to embellish it because I made it up as I went. I had fun with this bead, I might have to make a few more.

One unit of Craw with blue beads in the middle

I added seed beads along the edges- then embellished off of those beads.